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US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) James Hobbs, Medic, Delta Company (D CO), Dark Knights, 3rd Battalion 67th Armor Regiment (3-67 Armor), 4th Brigade (BDE), 101st Airborne Division (AD), hands out a Humanitarian Assistants (HA) bag, containing food and water, to a local villager in Rustimiyah during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Dark Knights are participating in an operation to help foster trust between US forces, Iraqi authorities, and the local inhabitants, in and around Baghdad. Operation VALIANT CURRAHEE is an ongoing multi-service operation guiding Iraq toward a stronger and more independent country
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Rustimiyah
State: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Nac) John T. Parker, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.
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Date
26/04/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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